Copy-holder for linotype-machines.



G. K. MAYER.

COPY HOLDER FOR LINOTYPE MACHINES. APPLIOATIION rum) mm: 26, 1908.

918,572. Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

CHARLES K. MAYER, OF MANKATO, MINNESOTA.

COPY-HOLDER FOR LINO'IYPE-MACHINES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909.

Application filed June 26, 1908. Serial No. 440,548.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, Cimnicns K. MAYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mankato, in the county of Blue Earth and Sta te of Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Copy-Holder for Linotype-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to copyholders, and

has a special reference to a copyholder dcl signed for attachment to the keyboard tray of a linotype machine.

One object of the invention is to improve the general structure of a copyholder designed for this purpose.

Another object of the invention is to provide a copyholder adapted for attachment to the keyboard tray of a linotype machine, in which the copy will be directly in front of the operator of the machine.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which may be readily folded for transportation in the pocket of a person.

The invention consists of a pair of end frames suitably connected and provided with folding legs, said frame supporting a suitable copy feed roller and presser bar together with means for directing the copy between said roller and presser bar.

The invention further Consists in certain novel details of arrangement, and combinations of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and Figure 1 is a detail perspective view of the device as applied to the keyboard tray of a linotype machine. Fig. 2 is a detailed sectional perspective of the left hand end of the machine with the device as applied to such tray. Fig. 3 is a detailed section through a portion of a tray showing the. left rear leg of the device attached. thereto.

The numeral 10 indicates the keyboard of a linotype machine and the numeral 1] the he board tray.

11 the present embodiment of this invention there is provided an end frame 12 having a downwardly bent leg 13 provided with a slot 14 therein, which slot is adapted to fit over the edge of the keyboard tray 11. At the rear end of the frame 12 and extending substantially at right angles thereto in the preferred form, is a folding leg 15 provided with a threaded portion 16, on which is mounted a sleeve nut 17. The legs 13 and 15 are so arranged. that when the slotted portion 14 of the leg 13 is placed over the front edge of the keyboard tray, and the leg 15 properly positioned, by turning the sleeve nut 17 pressure may be brought to bear against the rear end of the frame 12 and thus lock the leg 13 on the front edge of the keyboard tray.

At the opposite end of the frame there is an end. frame 18 provided with an inwardly bent portion. 19 preferably at right angles to the frame, and a downwardly bent leg 20 provided with a slot 21 adapted to -lit over the front edge of said keyboard tray. A folding leg 2 is pivot-ally attached to the end frame 18 and bent inward as indicated at 23, and has its downwardly extending portion 24 at the end of the inward bend. This downwardly extending portion is provided with a slot 25 adapted to fit over the end edge of the keyboard tray as best seen in Fig. 2. A thumb screw 26 is provided in one side of the slotted portion of the lower end 241 of the leg 22 and is adapted to secure said leg in desired relation to the edge of the keyboard tray. Longitudinal rods 27 serve to space the end frames 12 and 18 as well as to secure the same rigidly together. A rod 30 is mounted for rotation in the end frames 12 and 18 and is provided with a cover of rubber or a like material as indicated at 31. A presser bar 32 is mounted on the end frames and is lightly in contact with the rubber 31.

l'Vith this construction, when a sheet of paper is inserted between the rubber 31 and the presser bar 32, and the rod 30 is rotated the paper will be drawn along under the presser bar by the friction of the rubber 31. For the purpose of rotating the rod 30 and the rubber 31. there is provided a pair of finger grips 33 one of which is at each end of the rod 30 and outside of the frame at that end, thus affording easy access for the thumb and fingers of one hand of the operator.

In order to provide a means for readily feeding the paper between the rubber 31 and the presser bar 32 there is provided a plate 34 extending from the frame 12 to the frame 18, and secured upon the rods 28 and 29 connecting said frames. This plate consists of two surfaces downwardly bent with reference to each other or in other words, synclinal, and is so arranged that the edge near the roller 31 will lie just under the presser bar 32. This plate is of suflicient width to afford a place for making marks upon the copy to be held in r the holder. By means of the synclinal surfaces of the plate the insertion of the copy is readily accomplished, as the upper edge of the sheet inserted into the holder is merely thrust against the guide plate and is guided by the upwardly inclined surface of the plate into position between the feed roller and the plate 32.

In linotype machines it is to be noted that the operator sits well at the left of the key- 3 board and it is therefore necessary that the copyholder for such a machine should project to the left of the keyboard tray as indicated in Fig. 1. In that figure will be seen a strip of copy 35 inserted at about a middle portion of the copyholder, and it will there be seen that such copy will be substantially in front of the operator. The bar also serves as a guide to the operator and assists in keeping the place in the copy.

At 36 is shown a removable tray to receive the matrices removed from the line of type in making corrections.

It will be noted that by loosening the thumb screw 26, and the sleeve nut 17 if necessary, a copyholder may be readily removed from the keyboard tray. The legs 15 and 22 may then be folded under the pressure bar 32 and the device will thus occupy but a very small space, being readily slipped into the pocket of an operator.

There has thus been provided a simple and efficient device of the character specified and for the purpose described. It is obvious that changes may be made in the form and proportions thereof to adapt the same to fit various machines without materially departing from the principles. It is not therefore, desired to confine the invention to the exact form herein shown and described, but it is desired to include all such as properly come within the scope of the invention as limited in the claims.

' Having thus described the invention What is claimed as new is 1. In a copyhol'der for linotype machines, 5 a pair of end frames arranged for attachment i to the front edge of a keyboard tray, a folding leg pivoted to one of said frames arranged l for attachment to one edge of said tray, a l second folding leg pivoted to the other 1 frame, rods connecting said end frames, a l roller mounted between said end frames, a presser bar bearing against said roller, a guide plate held between said frames and roller to facilitate the insertion of a sheet of paper or the like in said device, and means for rotating said rollers.

2. In a copyholder for linotype machines, a pair of end frames each provided with a relatively short rigidly connected front leg having a jaw formed to engage the front edge of a keyboard tray, a relatively long folding rear leg pivoted to one of said frames and provided with a jaw arranged to engage one end edge of said tray, means to hold said leg in engaged relation, a second relatively long folding rear leg pivoted to the other frame and provided with a threaded end, a

effective length of said leg, a roller mounted between said frames, finger grips rigid with said roller, a presser bar mounted on said frames, to coact with said roller, rods con necting said frames, and a guide plate provided with synclinal surfaces held on a pair of said rods adjacent said presser bar.

3. In a copyholder for linoty e machines, a pair of end attaching anc supporting frames, a roller ournaled between the frames, a presser bar mounted between the frames in engagement with the roller, and a guide plate provided with merging synclinal surfaces supported between said frames with one edge adjacent to the roller.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affiXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHAS. K. MA R.

Witnesses:

ELMER GLENN, E. F. SEARING.

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